Do you have registered sex offenders living near you and your children?

According to the U.S. Dept. of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 90% of cases rape of a child 12 years old or younger, the child knew his/her molester.

Family Watchdog is a free service that uses information from public databases to map out all the registered sex offenders who live or work near your children. You can sign up for updates to be sent to your email address or mobile phone when a new offender moves to your area.

On Family Watchdog's website each offender's crime is listed, which is helpful because some registered sex offenders are young people convicted for cases of statutory rape (in which their boy/girlfriend was only a few years younger, but below their state's "age of consent.").

You can also find your state's sex offender registry website through the FBI's list of registries.